The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their 14th studio album 'The Ultra Vivid Lament', which came out last month (3rd September) via Columbia/Sony. Grab your copy here.
Complicated Illusions is described by the band as “The battle between chaos and calm with a gliding majestic lyrical flow – leaning towards’ More Than This’ era-Roxy - Bowie’s Lodger - peak pop Echo & the Bunnymen.”
Film maker Kieran described the footage to compliment the song - “I’ve always felt the track feels like an epic soundtrack to an as yet made film so I’ve gone for a visual/lyric type affair using a similar aesthetic / approach to a lot of Netflix type title sequences using minimal / small type over multi-layered imagery.”
Watch the video below.
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